Northwest Synod Elects Officers and Reaffirms Mission
With 150 delegates, the Synod of the Northwest of the Reformed Church of the United States met at St John Reformed Church. Rev L H West was elected president and Rev G J Elliker vice president, with new corresponding secretary Rev J Schmaltz and treasurer F A Toff. The morning sermon by Rev B Ruf emphasized church care for orphans and the standing committees were named. The body noted statistics for 1910 including 26,467 communicants and $174,292 in congregational giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Synod of the Northwest of the
Reformed Church of the
Indianapolis
J. J. Janett
The
Syrted
L. H. West. Sutton
Keb
G. J. Elliker
LaCrosse
Wis
J. Schmaltz
Harbine
Neb
F. A. Toff
Terre Haute
Ind
Sheborgan
Wis. AU
Mr. Kunig
Reformed Church
Sutton
Felliker
Home Missionary Society
L. C. Hessert
H. G. Settlage
Kunst
B. Ruf
Reformed Orphans Home
J. N. Bosch
Fort Wayne
E. G. Krampe
Sheboygan
General Synod
H. W. Vitz
E. Vornholt
Waukon
Iowa
F. W. Engelmann
L. Kunst
Mission House
F. Kalbfliesch
Chicago
F. Grether
D. D
Plymouth
Paul Traeger
Baxter
Town
W. F. Horstmeyer
Orphan Home
J. Schmalz
H. B. Robrock
St. Louis
John Trasger
J. J. Bosch
Decatur
F. H. Diehm
Huntington
M. Vitz
John Link
Slaterawa
J. W. Grosshuesch
F. Franz
Norfolk
Synod of the East
Paul Wienand
Brooklyn
N. Y
Central Synod
C. M. Schaaf
Covington
Ohio
Syuod
George Longaker
Canal Winchester
Church Erection Board
C.F. Kriete
D. di
Louisville
Fort
Synod of the
Northwest
Bosch
Canada
United States
Franklin College President Attacks Modern Education
Rev. E. A. Hanley, new Franklin college president, told the Indiana Baptist convention that modern college teaching often omits core religious principles and Jesus Christ’s personality. He said student morals are cheap, reverence is lacking, and athletics and secular departments receive more support than biblical instruction. He urged moral education to supersede mere intellect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phiffton
Ind
Indiana Baptist Convention
E. A. Hanley
Franklin College
Jesus Christ
Hanley
Indiana State Nurses' Association Elects Officers
At Indianapolis the Indiana State Nurses Association elected officers for the coming term with Dr Maude McConnell Sullivan as president Miss Francis Ott Morocco and Miss Edith Baynes as vice presidents Miss Edith Henderson Richmond secretary and Mrs M S Elliott Fort Wayne treasurer Governor Marshall praised the nurses and urged preventive nursing and medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana State Nurses’ Association
Maude McConnell Sullivan
Francis Ott
Morocco
Edith Baynes
Edith Henderson
Richmond
Elliott
Fort Wayne
Marshall
America
China
Saloons Debate Discovery Day Legal Status in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne saloon owners faced uncertain legal footing as the 1911 Discovery Day holiday was challenged as invalid due to a legislative slip. Knapp’s Baltes hotel opened doors for business while prosecutors and police pledged to pursue cases. a judge later ruled Discovery Day not a legal holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Solons
William H. Knapp
Baltes Hotel
Payton F. Abbott
Charles Spillner
Mr. Knapp
Elmer Leonard
General Assembly
Washington
United States
Indiana
Lincoln
Knapp
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Marion H. Johnson
Board of Public Safety
Abbott
H. G. Hogan
Circuit Court
O'Rourke
Fort Wayne
Knights of Columbus
Abraham Lincoln
Christopher Columbus
Fort Wayne Pioneer Lays Burdened in City Burial
The body of Mrs. Elizabeth Haverly formerly of Fort Wayne arrived from Chicago and was taken to the home of her cousin Mrs. Anna Kasten 502 East Lewis Street. Funeral services were held. She had resided in Fort Wayne over fifty years before moving to Chicago with her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Haverly
Chicago
Fort, Wayne
Anna Kasten
Lewis Street
Fort Wayne
Sevare
Death claims Fort Wayne man with unusual career
James McKeon died at nearly ninety three at his daughter’s home 418 West Wayne street after a long life marked by varied work and memories. A native of Ireland he arrived in 1836 aboard the Silas Richards and later worked in New York and Crestline before settling in Fort Wayne in 1868. He married Ann Donnelly in 1844, had thirteen children, and remained a respected railroad shopman and member of local Catholic and Irish organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McKeon
Samuel Grable
West Wayne Street
McKean
Fort Wayne
Order of Hibernians
McKeon
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
John ©. Calhoun
Jenny Lind
America
New York City
Castle Garden
Metropoli
Mts
Broadway
Harlem
Thorningdale Road
Mr. McKeon
Ireland
Boliver
County Meath
Trim
Atlantic
Silas Richards
Ocena
Firty-first Street
Bloomingdale Road
New York
Erin
Webster
Clay
Calhoun
Mropolis
Scott
Mexico
General Winfield Scott
Old
Forrest
Siw
Philadelphia
Crestline
Pittsburg
Chicnago Railroad
Rome City
Lake
Ann Donnelly
Cleveland
Grable
Charles McKeon
Grace Hogan
Joseph Grable
California
Horn
Dog Bites Girl in Columbia City After Lapses in Muzzles
In Columbia City Indiana on October 12 Opal Kessler five girl daughter of Vern Kessler Brownwood was bitten by Wes Allens fox terrier on North Main street despite recent muzzle purchases. Dr F G Grister cauterized the wound and the dog was penned awaiting developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia City
Ind
Wes Allen
North Main Street
Opal Kessler
Vern Kessler
Brownwood
F. G. Grister
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Henry W. Vitz
F. W. Hoff
Synod
Reformed Synod
Synod OF Reformed
Henry W. Vite
J. J. Janet
C. F. Kreite
Baptist Indicts Modern College
Franklin
the Baptists
Bluffton
Mrs. Elliott
Solons
Beleives
Fort ‘Wayne
Pioneer
James Wkeon
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